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Viewfinder: The Wildest Collections at the Santa Cruz County Fair

Forget comics and baseball cards, these collectors go for some things you'd never expect.

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The Santa Cruz County Fair rewards not just what you make, but what you gather.

Tucked away behind the prize-winning quilts and photographs is a collection of collections.

People pay $1.50 to submit the things they've gathered over the years and a group of judges ranks them a few weeks before the fair. Then the winners are displayed in cases at the fair.

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One of the winners didn't even know he'd won until he walked into the room before going to the concert Wednesday night.

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